ONE MEDICAL GROUP The “fastest-growing primary care practice in the country” has opened an office in Berkeley, at 1801 Shattuck Ave. at Hearst. One Medical Group says it offers “high-quality care and modern conveniences that you wouldn’t find at your typical doctor’s office” and its services are “designed around patients’ needs and busy lifestyles.” One Medical is throwing an opening celebration at its new office on Thursday June 5 from 5:30pm-7:30pm. There will be food from Liba Falafel , wine and beer, and a raffle to win some local goodies. RSVPs are appreciated.
PERDITION SMOKEHOUSE New barbecue/craft beer hall Perdition Smokehouse is looking to open its doors at 2050 University Ave. (between Milvia and Shattuck) on Friday June 13. (We first tipped you about Perdition in March. ) The owners are Mike O’Brien and Chuck Stilphen (founder of Øl Beercafe, The Trappist, Trappist Provisions and Mikkeller Bar SF). The menu will include classics like beef brisket, pork shoulder, hot links, ribs and turkey breast. Expect traditional Southern sides such as collards, mac n’ cheese, coleslaw and Texas black-eyed peas, and a large selection of pies for dessert. The kitchen at Perdition Smokehouse will also double as a production facility for the newly formed Mikkeller Sausage Company which will supply associated bars and restaurants. There will be 43 beers on tap, a small, curated wine list, as well as non-alcoholic options like brewed iced tea, lemonade, and cold-pressed Blue Bottle coffee. A Boylan’s soda fountain will also be available. The space, which used to house Zaika’s and, very briefly, Amadeus, includes an outdoor courtyard. Opening hours will be from 5:00pm to midnight the first few months and lunch service will be added near the end of summer. Unlike Stilphen’s other beer establishments, Perdition Smokehouse is open to all ages.
DWIGHT WAY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER UC Berkeley is opening a new infant and toddler care facility at 2427 Dwight Way in August. The Dwight Way Child Development Center will serve the UC Berkeley community, including people not affiliated with Cal. Dwight Way will be Berkeley’s fifth child development center, and home to 42 infants and toddlers. This will bring Berkeley’s total early childhood education and capacity to 256 children, between the ages of 3 months to kindergarten. The 6,650 sq. ft. building will also be certified LEED Silver.
RESTORATION HARDWARE If you’ve been down to Berkeley’s Fourth Street recently, you’ll have noticed that Restoration Hardware has vacated the premises at no. 1731. No word yet on why or what will take its place.
CINNAHOLIC Florian and Shannon Radke, owners of Berkeley’s Cinnaholic vegan cinnamon bun bakery at 2132 Oxford Street have partnered with Atlanta Franchise Group to franchise their store, with a potential 100 units opening up over the next five years nationally. The deal announcement comes on the heels of a recent appearance on the ABC reality show Shark Tank, where the pair turned down a $200,000 investment offer. The Radkes received several hundred franchise inquiries and offers within the first couple hours of the Shark Tank episode airing on May 9, they told the San Francisco Business Times. “We didn’t know the plant based food industry would blow up so immensely,” Radke said. “Now you have people like Bill Gates investing in the plant based foods industry.”
HOI POLLOI We first told you about nano-brewery Hoi Polloi Brewpub & Beat Lounge in March last year. Now we learn, from founder Viet Vu, that it is set to open — at 1763 Alcatraz Ave. (at Adeline, next door to Easy Creole restaurant) — tomorrow, Thursday, May 22. A limited number of free appetizers will be available for customers between 5-7 p.m. Vu hopes the place will become “a neighborhood gathering space where everyone can enjoy craft beer and good beats.” There’s a bar and a few tables, with brew kettles and fermentation tanks in the back. Follow Hoi Polloi on Facebook.
DWIGHT WAY NURSERY Many readers have been in touch to relay the sad news that veteran family business Dwight Way Nursery, at 1001 Dwight Way, is going out of business after 30 years of serving Berkeley. The decision follows the untimely death of Emi Yabusaki from cancer in late April. Emi took over the running of the business with her brother Ken after their father, Frank, died in 1998. There is still time to support the nursery while it is still open. The nursery stocks a wide variety of shrubs, plants, flowers and trees, including a selection of plants suitable for Japanese-style gardens, and bonsai. Call the nursery on (510) 845-6261 before going to check it’s open.
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